Bibliograph

Walls, Travels Along the Barricades

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Walls, Travels Along the Barricades

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Walls

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

854973249

Sub title

Travels Along the Barricades

Summary

The world's walls are supposed to be coming down. We speak of globalization, international markets and global villages; barriers to trade keep falling, and it is now possible to communicate instantly from nearly anywhere in the world. But just as these virtual walls come down, real walls rise. In this evocative blend of travel writing, history and politics, Marcello Di Cintio visits the world's most disputed edges to meet those who live alongside the razor wire, concrete and steel. Along the way he shares tea with refugees on the wrong side of Morocco's desert wall; he encounters illegal

Table Of Contents

Front Cover; Title page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction: The Wall Disease; Drawing a Line in the Sand: The Western Sahara; The Bogeyman is Coming: Ceuta and Melilla; Zero People of No Man's Land: The Indo-Bangladesh Fence; A Nakba of Olives: The West Bank Wall; Walling Absurd: Nicosia/Lefkoşa; Shun Thy Neighbour: The U.S.-Mexico Border; The Mutilated City: Belfast; The Great Wall of Montreal: The l'Acadie Fence; Acknowledgements; Endnotes; Copyright

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